Saulxures

Identity

Saulxures (INSEE 67436) is in Bas-Rhin (67), part of CC de la Vallée de la Bruche. Population 508 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/67436-saulxures

Vitality score

Vitality score 39.1/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 81 % of the 17,729 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Services

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (BLUETS ET BRIMBELLES). ^[3]

1 × Butcher (boucherie). ^[3,4]

1 × Restaurant (LA BELLE VUE). ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOL PRIM PUB ETS CATHOL). ^[3]

Not found in the commune: Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

Population 523 (2012) → 508 (2023): -2.9 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 393 (1990) → 508 (2023): 29.3 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 323, of which 28.5 % second homes and 5.3 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Bakery (Saulxures): 0.1 km to the south-west (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Saulxures): 0.2 km to the north-west (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Saales): 5.3 km to the south (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Saint-Blaise-la-Roche): 3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[10]

Primary school (Saulxures): 0.2 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 54 days at or below 0 °C, over 18 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the BELMONT weather station, 10.2 km away at 1,065 m; the village itself is at 485 m. ^[11]

The village sits 580 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.89 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at BELMONT, 10.2 km away at 1,065 m, over 18 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 580 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 3.63 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 1,403 mm of rain a year, spread over 156 days — about 9 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at SAALES, 5.2 km away at 558 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

1. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67436/2023
2. INSEE density grid 2026
3. INSEE BPE 2025
4. INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
5. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67436/2012
6. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67436/1990
7. INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 67436/logement/2023
8. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67436
9. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67421
10. INSEE BPE 2025 — 67424
11. Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024